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Aristus

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3. The advent of right-wing hate radio in the 1980's certainly lit the fuse.

Reply to Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin (Original post)

Mon Jul 28, 2025, 02:03 PM

Jul 28

Trash talk shows like "Jerry Springer" certainly helped elevate vile, anti-social behavior to national consciousness; we started celebrating revolting people and vile behavior patterns, and allowing them to entertain us.

The on-going denigration of empathy and good will is making things even worse.

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How Did America Lose its Civility? [View all] Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Jul 28 OP

Newt Gingrich. jls4561 Jul 28 #1

Bob Grant preceded Rush. no_hypocrisy Jul 28 #2

The advent of right-wing hate radio in the 1980's certainly lit the fuse. Aristus Jul 28 #3